You know, Diversity - Equity - Inclusion?
With the current board, it is very safe.
With the likely result of the November 5 election of three trustees, unfortunately DEI is probably assured in Richland 2 for two more years.
Richland Two's slogan, "PURPOSE DRIVEN, FUTURE READY" is a joke. Just look at the test scores.
Be at tomorrow's school board meeting. Item 8.5 on the Agenda is "2023-2024 Middle School Achievement Report".
You can preview the presentation that will be made to the board at the October 8th board meeting. Go to the District's website at www.Richland2.org Hover over SCHOOL BOARD, then click on Agenda. Under Meetings, click on "Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Regular Board Meeting". Click on "View the Agenda". Scroll down to 8.5, then click on "2023-2024 Middle School Achievement Report". Then click on the Presentation.
ELA? That's English Language Arts. Google it or go to the S.C. Department of Education website. ELA includes reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
Hopefully, someone will ask tomorrow night what caused the surge in 2023 that is shown on the first slide.
The numbers shown on the second slide (the percent not meeting standards) is inexcusable!
By the time I got to Slides 7-8, I was wondering who prepared those PowerPoint pages and failed to preview them! Is it a case of too much work to be done in too little time by too few people?
Does poverty cause low scores? Chronic absenteeism certainly contributes to them.
Maybe the DEI office should be shut down and that money funneled in academics.
